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Handshake Airdrop for Active GitHub Users (~$1500 in Current Value)

10 points by Jowdaym 7y ago

Jowdaym 7y ago
Eligibility: The top ~250,000 users on github have had their SSH keys and PGP added to a merkle tree. Out of those ~250,000 users, ~175,000 of them had valid SSH and PGP keys at the time of tree creation. If you had 15 or more followers on github during the week of 2019-02-04, your github SSH & PGP keys are included in the merkle tree.
- sixhobbits 7y ago
  > With the final mainnet key list, every open source developer will receive 4,246.994314 HNS coins from the airdrop. I don't understand. Is there a definition for 'open source developer', or is everyone in the definition you provided getting this? When will it happen?
  - Jowdaym 7y ago
    Not affiliated in any way with the project. Airdrop is active as we speak.
- jstanley 7y ago
  Also: > As a final addition, Hacker News accounts which are linked with Keybase accounts are included in the tree provided they were ~1.5 years old during the crawl. But it's not entirely clear to me how I find out whether I was included or not, or where I'd be able to sell it.
  - Jowdaym 7y ago
    Found this hope it helps: https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop/commit/a8e47b0031f533b8f7e949eaba6f1698a5a0e4eb https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop/commit/a8e47b003...
lenova 7y ago
Can we get a out-of-the-loop explanation for what Handshake is, and what the value of this airdrop is (can these coins be sold on an open market, or are they for use in its DNS system only?).
- Jowdaym 7y ago
  This should cover the basics: https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-and-hns/ https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-an... HNS coins can be sold on Namebase Pro or on a few Chinese smaller exchanges. They can also be used for TLD auctions on Namebase. Hopefully many more use cases to come.
- rasengan 7y ago
  > explanation for what Handshake is Handshake is a decentralized naming and certificate authority [1]. It decentralizes the DNS root and allows for the people of the internet to own names instead of leasing from a TLD provider like Verisign [2] among other things like removing trust from the SSL equation, instead allowing for verification on the blockchain (right now, we simply trust CA providers who have issued rogue SSL certs [3]). It launched in early February, and since then, has gained a lot of momentum [4]. One name, crypto, sold for 588785 HNS, which at today's exchange rate of $.30 [5], would be $176,000. The system is live and works with the legacy TLDs (eg, verisign continues to own "com" on Handshake and thus all existing domains continue to work). You can download hsd [6] or use an extension for chrome from Namebase [7] to start using the Handshake Naming System. Hope this helps! [1] https://handshake.org/ https://handshake.org/ [2] Verisign controls .com [3] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/already-on-probation-symantec-issues-more-illegit-https-certificates/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/alrea... [4] https://hnscan.com/ https://hnscan.com/ [5] https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/handshake https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/handshake [6] https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd [7] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/namebase-handshake-extens/npfmealdhkkjfdajjkhegghlckcldfle?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/namebase-handshake...
  - theamk 7y ago
geoah 7y ago
TL;DR for collecting the airdrop seems to be something like this (I AM NOT suggesting you should, but in case you decide to): * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd` https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd` - run `./bin/hsd` and wait for wallet to sync * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-client` https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-client` - run `./bin/hsw-cli account create` and `./bin/hsw-cli --account=default address` - copy address * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop` https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop` - follow instructions depending on how you whether you want to give the cli your key or sign manually - simplest way is something like `hs-airdrop <key-file> <address>` * back in `hs-client` - run ./bin/hsd-rpc sendrawairdrop <base64-from-hs-airdrop>` * leave the wallet running and wait for 20 or something blocks * back in `hs-client` - `./bin/hsw-cli balance --account=default` should now have a balance.
- geoah 7y ago
  owh - and don't forget to backup your key from `~/.hsd/key` I guess.

10 points by Jowdaym 7y ago

Eligibility: The top ~250,000 users on github have had their SSH keys and PGP added to a merkle tree. Out of those ~250,000 users, ~175,000 of them had valid SSH and PGP keys at the time of tree creation. If you had 15 or more followers on github during the week of 2019-02-04, your github SSH & PGP keys are included in the merkle tree.

sixhobbits 7y ago
> With the final mainnet key list, every open source developer will receive 4,246.994314 HNS coins from the airdrop. I don't understand. Is there a definition for 'open source developer', or is everyone in the definition you provided getting this? When will it happen?
- Jowdaym 7y ago
  Not affiliated in any way with the project. Airdrop is active as we speak.
jstanley 7y ago
Also: > As a final addition, Hacker News accounts which are linked with Keybase accounts are included in the tree provided they were ~1.5 years old during the crawl. But it's not entirely clear to me how I find out whether I was included or not, or where I'd be able to sell it.
- Jowdaym 7y ago
  Found this hope it helps: https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop/commit/a8e47b0031f533b8f7e949eaba6f1698a5a0e4eb https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop/commit/a8e47b003...

lenova 7y ago

Can we get a out-of-the-loop explanation for what Handshake is, and what the value of this airdrop is (can these coins be sold on an open market, or are they for use in its DNS system only?).

Jowdaym 7y ago
This should cover the basics: https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-and-hns/ https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-an... HNS coins can be sold on Namebase Pro or on a few Chinese smaller exchanges. They can also be used for TLD auctions on Namebase. Hopefully many more use cases to come.
rasengan 7y ago
> explanation for what Handshake is Handshake is a decentralized naming and certificate authority [1]. It decentralizes the DNS root and allows for the people of the internet to own names instead of leasing from a TLD provider like Verisign [2] among other things like removing trust from the SSL equation, instead allowing for verification on the blockchain (right now, we simply trust CA providers who have issued rogue SSL certs [3]). It launched in early February, and since then, has gained a lot of momentum [4]. One name, crypto, sold for 588785 HNS, which at today's exchange rate of $.30 [5], would be $176,000. The system is live and works with the legacy TLDs (eg, verisign continues to own "com" on Handshake and thus all existing domains continue to work). You can download hsd [6] or use an extension for chrome from Namebase [7] to start using the Handshake Naming System. Hope this helps! [1] https://handshake.org/ https://handshake.org/ [2] Verisign controls .com [3] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/already-on-probation-symantec-issues-more-illegit-https-certificates/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/alrea... [4] https://hnscan.com/ https://hnscan.com/ [5] https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/handshake https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/handshake [6] https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd [7] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/namebase-handshake-extens/npfmealdhkkjfdajjkhegghlckcldfle?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/namebase-handshake...
- theamk 7y ago

geoah 7y ago

TL;DR for collecting the airdrop seems to be something like this (I AM NOT suggesting you should, but in case you decide to): * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd` https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd` - run `./bin/hsd` and wait for wallet to sync * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-client` https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-client` - run `./bin/hsw-cli account create` and `./bin/hsw-cli --account=default address` - copy address * install `https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop` https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop` - follow instructions depending on how you whether you want to give the cli your key or sign manually - simplest way is something like `hs-airdrop <key-file> <address>` * back in `hs-client` - run ./bin/hsd-rpc sendrawairdrop <base64-from-hs-airdrop>` * leave the wallet running and wait for 20 or something blocks * back in `hs-client` - `./bin/hsw-cli balance --account=default` should now have a balance.

geoah 7y ago
owh - and don't forget to backup your key from `~/.hsd/key` I guess.